The BNP has threatened to take the streets in case of a verdict against the party chief, while the ruling Awami League has called its supporters to be wide awake. Police in Gazipur and Narayanganj have stepped-up security check of vehicles on the highways leading to the capital. Law enforcers were found on Wednesday stepping up security measures in and around the court of Dhaka’s fifth special judge in Bakhshibazar, which heard the graft case against Khaleda brought by the Anti-Corruption Commission. Several police units, including the Detective Branch and the Rapid Action Battalion or RAB were seen monitoring security measures put up ahead of the verdict. Speaking to bdnews24.com on Wednesday, police’s Dhaka Range chief said that they were on alert.

Source: bd News24 February 07, 2018 09:00 UTC